Innate Spellcasting. Xiax’s spellcasting ability is Charisma
(spell save DC 14, +6 to hit with spell attacks). He can
cast the following spells innately, requiring only verbal
components (spells marked * are from Deep Magic 3:
Void Magic):
At will: word of misfortune*, true strike
3/day each: destructive resonance*, faerie ire, sleep
1/day: black tentacles
Multiattack. Xiax makes two spear or longbow attacks, or
applies its sleep poison and makes one attack with the
poisoned weapon.
Spear. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one
target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) piercing damage plus 11 (2d10)
necrotic damage.
Longbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, range
150/600 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) piercing damage
plus 11 (2d10) necrotic damage.
Sleep Poison (recharge 5-6). As an action, Xiax can coat
a weapon with a sleep poison made from the brain
fluid of dorreqi (a creature from the Realms Beyond).
The next creature injured by Xiax's blade or arrow must
succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or fall
unconscious for 1 minute. An unconscious creature
repeats the saving throw when it takes damage or when
another creature uses an action to rouse it, ending the
effect on itself with a success.
Alien Piping. Xiax can confuse and injure its enemies
by playing weird, ear-bending harmonies on its alien
pipes, made from the beaks, cartilage, and throat sacs
of a dorreq. Xiax chooses one of the following spell
effects for the music: contagion, confusion, hideous
laughter, or irresistible dance. All creatures within 60
feet who hear the piping must succeed at a DC 14
Charisma saving throw or be affected by the chosen
spell. A creature that saves successfully is immune to
alien piping for 24 hours.
Description
A dark fey hailing from the Court of a Million Stars,
Xiax Galleborne’s delicate facial features are framed
with long auburn hair and partially masked by a
thick, curling beard of the same color. A sleeveless
shit of raw silk provides a plunging décolletage
and slits from hemline to the hips that leave Xiax’s
insectoid legs disturbingly visible. Xiax has the
obsidian skin, glowing red eyes, and antennae
typical of its kind. he disturbing mass of its alien
pipes hang from a shoulder strap when not in use.
Xiax revels in unabashed anarchy, urging followers
to undermine authority and tradition wherever
they are. To Xiax, the Black Goat’s Flock should be a
pulse of manic life to shock the world from its torpid
complacency and patterns. hat its followers might
be imprisoned or cut down is simply part of the price
for achieving great wakefulness and joy in nihilism
and raw chaos. As others see the Flock’s actions, they
too will be stirred to action, and these newcomers
will ill any holes in the ranks. It is all part of the
wondrous, inscrutable dance that moves to the voice
of the Dark Mother and her music.
TIVISHTA TRIKINTA
Comments